Constettcition



Filed Jan. 6, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet I l I I i -3--- March 22, 1932. J.'sPATH FEkcE CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 1931 gwwntoe i: as

ja'centrails being connectedby-a lap joint extending through an aperturein the? post .xtherebetweem', aligned" apertures? formed through (themembers of .the ,rai1s,T- picket members disposed in}; said apertures;and 4 means for forming a'locking connectionflbe w tween the picketmembers and the rails.

: a '4. Agvfence Structure, comprisingafpIu- 1i5 lra1ity of spaced postsin whichjone. thereof constitutes a terminal or end post, other I forintermediate posts having aperture'stra'ns-F 1 versely therethrough,rails disposed between the post's, each ofsaidf rails comprisingtwoxjmembers'arrangedfone uponthe other, a lap joint formed, between,adjacentfends of the I lowerm'embers of the rails the joined por-v'tions of said lower members passing' through {the apertures of theposts," means secured. to a face ofth'eterminal postgfor supportinganendof anladjacent rai1, picket members extended through the members ofthe rails, and 7 ,means forlocking the rails and picketmem p I postsofI-cross-section,rails disposed:be-

bers togethen'i I for joining the lower oneof said bars'withwiththeadjacent post; .r

' A fence structure, comprising. spaced post' members,' a rail."connecting said membersfand consisting of a pair of bars ar ranged oneuponthe other, aligned apertures formed through said .barsythe aperturein thejupper bar corresponding in Iconfigura 'tion with thecross-section of a picket; the V Qapertur'e in-thelowerbarbeing ofkeyhole formation, and picket members each adapted i ext e i o ig n apet r uin ,npperbar andithroughfthe. enlarged portion j f; v I

of the adjacentkeyhole aperture inthe lower bar; each picketbeing'notched at opposite. i

sides to' receive the 'constricted portionlof 1 'i Q thekeyholeaperturewhen the lower 'barrisfi A shifted; longitudinally in onedirection' ff,' V

e 7 fence structurejof ,the character d f,

- scribed comprisingspaced post-membersfa Q 3 l rail connectingsaidpostmembersiand con- Qsisting of a pair of barsarranged one upon i theother, the upperone of said: bars being},

I of channel formation with the channelthere W r f directed do'wnwardlyoverthelowerbar,'l'iz Picket members a hhavin opposite facesthfedftmiisversly not ched; i I iing: alignedapertures therethroughfforthe securethe' pickets position: a

- 5. In a fence structurenof the characterfde-f scribed, spacedpostmembers,'a-rail connecting said post members andformed of a pair I{of ibarsjdisposed one upon thejother, means pair of bar members'arranged' one 0 vert1 1e the post membera picket memberscarried a e therail, and means for facilitating the set ting up of the fenceuipon,inclined ground which consists in undercutting the ends of the upperbarsso as to normally "maintain a only ,the top end; edge thereof in comet Inecting bolts'between the railmember's wherewbsfth'ereof toreceive thea'djacentends of.

members disposed in the aligned apertures s'aidpickets in saidaperturesthrQ lgh th'e longitudinal movement of the lower 10' the railmembersl reception of the picket members, one offsaid apertures being inthe. form of a' keyhole slot; the narrow portion of .whichzisjdesignedto-;receive thenotched section of the-adjacent; f picketiwhen thebaris'shiftedl'ongitudinally;

and means for securingth'e bars againstjflwi t ve movementlsfl, a

4-18., A" fencef str'ucture, comprising; "spaced; post members,;a railfextending between sa'idfff a M in posts anaconsisting: of two;membersaldisv y i posed oneguajbovethe-other, theupperoneaof L saidmembers being of; channel formation jand'arrangedininierted"position,ithe'lower1 I oneiof said members being disposedf p'artla within the channel ,of the upper. ll member, aligned p r ni esi or t rughl' e. i r y a 'bers of said rail for theextension-of pickets;

therethrough, picket members @diSPOSdliinf I: it :s'aidialigned ap ertures,--i means for; securingf';

the lower one of the la-embers tos'the l ppnq j member; said meansfacilitating the-"longitui- *dina l' shifting of'the 1owermember, and"the i said apertures in theilower member being formed to'en 'agejthepicketswhenshifted, I,

1.9. A fencestructure, co pr 1 to "g s a of tween said .posts'jarideatch consisting of a other, "the 'upperxone of said barfmembers;

:ha-Vingits ends abutting the webs ofltheposts; A and: further beingundercut to, facilitate its" disposition at. an f angle with"respect-to'}.the

"1'00 p'o'sts,s the e said posts having apertures 'infthe;

the lower members cf the f ail s g a' d rails i1 r members havi ligned;.ape i-t .therein: c ption of picket members; @9 1- 10,5

of the-rail, members, and means forsecuring

